Memories from World War II from a man who didn't fight in Europe or the Pacific. Doyle Branscum saddled up to join United States troops and the United Nations to oust the Japanese from Southeast Asia.
Raleigh Nayes, 99, died Thursday in Chippewa Falls, Wis., just one day after the Army veteran had received the Congressional Gold Medal for his role in fighting with the famed Merrill’s Marauders in Burma during World War II.